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Summary: Finally, a language book with clear pronunciations!
Review: I gave "Learn Italian..." five stars not because it's absolutely the best beginner's language book I've ever seen (though it's up there), but because it is that rare find in low-priced foreign language aids that explains how to pronounce words phoenetically (eg, come = KOH-meh). This feature may seem unnecessary to some, but I learn faster reading a word correctly, and hearing myself say it correctly. I also realize this feature does not supplant listening to tapes of native Italian speakers, but I enjoy being able to look at the text and see the word broken down, and then repeatedly work on my pronunciation from there. Call me crazy. The book is very well organized, broken up into numerous 15-minute lessons, allowing you to clearly see your progress as you work at any pace you choose. Additionally, this book provides a cool set of removable vocabulary "flash cards" in the back, organized by subject (family, travel, food), w/ Italian on one side & English on the back. I've truly enjoyed learning with this book. All in all, I feel it is a solid, entertaining tool for the beginner, and well worth the small investment.
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Summary: Finally, a language book with clear pronunciations!
Review: I gave "Learn Italian..." five stars not because it's absolutely the best beginner's language book I've ever seen (though it's up there), but because it is that rare find in low-priced foreign language aids that explains how to pronounce words phoenetically (eg, come = KOH-meh). This feature may seem unnecessary to some, but I learn faster reading a word correctly, and hearing myself say it correctly. I also realize this feature does not supplant listening to tapes of native Italian speakers, but I enjoy being able to look at the text and see the word broken down, and then repeatedly work on my pronunciation from there. Call me crazy. The book is very well organized, broken up into numerous 15-minute lessons, allowing you to clearly see your progress as you work at any pace you choose. Additionally, this book provides a cool set of removable vocabulary "flash cards" in the back, organized by subject (family, travel, food), w/ Italian on one side & English on the back. I've truly enjoyed learning with this book. All in all, I feel it is a solid, entertaining tool for the beginner, and well worth the small investment.
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Summary: A good course
Review: It`s a pretty clear and informative Italian course for beginners - a good combination of basic grammar and useful vocabulary. Though it`s still better to use some audio course I would still recommend this one.
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Summary: Italian Fast & Fun Way is Fun
Review: This book is colorful, but you really need to purchase the book as part of the set with the tapes so that you are able to hear the correct pronunciations. The book and tapes cover the basics for people who are planning to travel to Italy for vacation, and it starts from the very beginning with pronunciations and greetings. There are places in the book for you to practice your Italian writing skills without "drilling" you to sleep. There are puzzle games in the book, as well. The book covers basic grammar and basic vocabularly.
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Summary: Italian Fast & Fun Way is Fun
Review: This book is colorful, but you really need to purchase the book as part of the set with the tapes so that you are able to hear the correct pronunciations. The book and tapes cover the basics for people who are planning to travel to Italy for vacation, and it starts from the very beginning with pronunciations and greetings. There are places in the book for you to practice your Italian writing skills without "drilling" you to sleep. There are puzzle games in the book, as well. The book covers basic grammar and basic vocabularly.
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Summary: A good start
Review: This book was used as the text for a "Conversational Italian" class I took. There are a few small errors in the book, typos and such, which the teacher was aware of. (Nothing that will get you in trouble.) Its big selling point is that it is mostly aimed at tourists, making it a good choice for people whose main purpose in learning Italian is to get along while traveling.
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Summary: A good start
Review: This book was used as the text for a "Conversational Italian" class I took. There are a quite a few small errors in the book, typos and such, which the teacher was aware of. (Nothing that will get you in trouble, but be aware!) Its big selling point is that it is mostly aimed at tourists, making it a good choice for people whose main purpose in learning Italian is to get along while traveling.
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Summary: A good start
Review: This book was used as the text for a "Conversational Italian" class I took. There are a few small errors in the book, typos and such, which the teacher was aware of. (Nothing that will get you in trouble.) Its big selling point is that it is mostly aimed at tourists, making it a good choice for people whose main purpose in learning Italian is to get along while traveling.
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Summary: Great
Review: This is broken down really well for you and is basically part book- part workbook. There are plenty of activities to take part in to help you learn this language. However it doesn't get a five because it doesn't come with a tape, though 4 are available to go with it for over 30 dollars. Also, you only learn present and imperative tenses, which may have been more complicated to learn but it should be in there if you want to concern yourself with it. It is really informative and amusing and holds your attention. It does this by keeping the lessons quick and to the point with a little humor here and there. Remember that Learning Italian and learning Italian for sake of a quick bout of tourism ''just enough'' to get by... very different things. As for just the bout of tourism, this is more than enough to get you by and would work great. As for grasping the whole language, if you really feel you need to... you'd not only need the past tense and so on, but you'd definetely need alot of cassettes for example and the ability to read whole paragraphs with ease. This won't get you there, but it'll teach you the basic language.
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Summary: A good course
Review: Well, that`s a pretty good course - pretty clear and informative. I would recommend it as one of the best ones.
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